Editors Kirk-Duggan (Theology and Women's Studies, Shaw University Divinity School) and Pippin (Religious Studies, Agnes Scott College) have assembled essays that deconstruct motherhood in the Bible, comparing biblical mothers to mothers in popular media, history, culture, and the arts. The diversity of methods they employ prompts a rich discussion on the deconstruction of motherhood, offering new ways of envisioning both biblical and contemporary motherhood. This book will appeal to students and scholars in religious studies and women's studies. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)